Aphelocheirus

Aphelocheirus
Aphelocheirus aestivalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Aphelocheiridae
Genus:	Aphelocheirus Westwood, 1833

Aphelocheirus is a genus of true bugs, the only genus belonging to the family Aphelocheiridae.

The genus was first described by John O. Westwood in 1833.

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.

Species

The GBIF lists 108 accepted species for this genus, including:

• Aphelocheirus aestivalis (Fabricius, 1794)
• Aphelocheirus altigradus Zettel, 1998
• Aphelocheirus amplus Liu & Zheng, 1994
• Aphelocheirus amurensis Kiritshenko, 1925
• Aphelocheirus apicalis Tran & Nguyen, 2016
• Aphelocheirus ashlocki D. Polhemus & J. Polhemus, 1989
• Aphelocheirus australis Usinger, 1937
• Aphelocheirus baguio D. Polhemus & J. Polhemus, 1989
• Aphelocheirus bengkulu D. Polhemus, 1994
• Aphelocheirus bianchii Kiritshenko, 1933
• Aphelocheirus boukali Zettel, 2000
• Aphelocheirus breviceps Horváth, 1895
• Aphelocheirus breviculus Nieser & Chen, 1991
• Aphelocheirus bruneiensis Zettel, Lane & Moore, 2008
• Aphelocheirus brunneus Liu & Zheng, 2000
• Aphelocheirus cantonensis D. Polhemus & J. Polhemus, 1989
• Aphelocheirus carinatus Royer, 1920
• Aphelocheirus celebensis D. Polhemus & J. Polhemus, 1989
• Aphelocheirus corbeti Poisson, 1955
• Aphelocheirus debilis Kiritshenko, 1925
• Aphelocheirus denticeps Montandon, 1919
• Aphelocheirus dudgeoni D. Polhemus & J. Polhemus, 1989
• Aphelocheirus ellipsoideus Liu & Ding, 2005
• Aphelocheirus fang D. Polhemus & J. Polhemus, 1989
• Aphelocheirus femoratus D. Polhemus & J. Polhemus, 1989
• Aphelocheirus fischeri Zettel, 2009
• Aphelocheirus flavinotatus Tran & Nguyen, 2016
• Aphelocheirus freitagi Zettel & Pangantihon, 2010
• Aphelocheirus gapudi Zettel, 1999
• Aphelocheirus geros Nieser & Chen, 1996
• Aphelocheirus goellnerae Zettel, 2012
• Aphelocheirus grik D. Polhemus & J. Polhemus, 1989